Tea Party Debate Takeaways

Kudo's to Michelle Bachmann for her stand last night on the HPV vaccine and Perry's relationship to Gardasil!

Shame on the audience for booing Ron Paul on his factually correct, and easily sourced statement on the motives of terrorists vs. Muslims.

Remember.......

Your media bias of the day....Updated

Steve Doocy of Fox & Friends [favorite morning show of the Christocrats] repeats the blatant lie penned by the writers at Fox Nation.

Fox News

Yep....fair and balanced.....

Uh...the threat is who??

"Studies show that no society that has totally embraced homosexuality has lasted more than, you know, a few decades. So it’s the death knell of this country. I honestly think it’s the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam, which I think is a big threat... If you got cancer or something in your little toe, do you say, well, you know, I’m just going to forget about it because the rest of me is fine? It spreads. OK? And this stuff is deadly, and it’s spreading, and it will destroy our young people, it will destroy this nation."

Sally Kern, R-OK

THIS is what America is about

An Unlikely Hero

The Marine who found two WTC survivors

Only 12 survivors were pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Center after the towers fell on Sept. 11, despite intense rescue efforts. Two of the last three to be located and saved were Port Authority police officers. They were not discovered by a heroic firefighter, or a rescue worker, or a cop. They were discovered by Dave Karnes.

Karnes hadn't been near the World Trade Center. He wasn't even in New York when the planes hit the towers. He was in Wilton, Conn., working in his job as a senior accountant with Deloitte Touche. When the second plane hit, Karnes told his colleagues, "We're at war." He had spent 23 years in the Marine Corps infantry and felt it was his duty to help. Karnes told his boss he might not see him for a while.

Then he went to get a haircut. 

Slate

Your media bias of the day

New York Times article from 2 September 2011:

Don’t Fear Islamic Law in America

FOX Nation on 4 September 2011:

NY Times: America Should Embrace Sharia Law…

There's your 'Liberal Media'. If you have the stomach, read through the infantile comments from the fine patriots at Fox Nation.

I'm all for public participation in politics....

But not all citizens are equipped to provide meaningful input.

Watching Gran Torino with a good SMS.....

And two quotes seem unbelievably appropriate for my life:

Ever notices how you come across somebody once in a while that you shouldn't have fucked with?......That's me.

and

You're wrong, eggroll, I know exactly what I'm talking about. I may not be the most pleasant person to be around, but I got the best woman who was ever on this planet to marry me. I worked at it. It was the best thing ever happened to me, hands down.

Alba gu bràth

The 2011 Virginia Scottish Games

The Day has Arrived!

I bought a 52" Sharp Quattron HDTV in March......with nothing but visions of watching my Ducks come September. Beer is cold, wings are hot.....all is well in the world.